Fairview vs Worthington

A side-by-side comparison of Fairview and Worthington: population, income, housing, and more.

Fairview and Worthington are places in West Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Fairview has the higher population (253 vs 94 in Worthington). Fairview has the higher median household income ($53,333 vs $35,625 in Worthington). Fairview has the higher median home value ($94,600 vs $76,700 in Worthington).

Population, income & housing

	Fairview	Worthington
Population	253	94
Median age	52.7 yrs	55.5 yrs
Median household income	$53,333	$35,625
Median home value	$94,600	$76,700
Median gross rent	$547	—
Housing units	144	58
Homeownership rate	86.8%	79.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.3%	10.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairview	Worthington
Population	374 → 253 (-32.4%)	194 → 94 (-51.5%)
Median household income	$44,375 → $53,333 (+20.2%)	$28,819 → $35,625 (+23.6%)
Median home value	$87,500 → $94,600 (+8.1%)	$100,000 → $76,700 (-23.3%)
Median gross rent	$775 → $547 (-29.4%)	—

Fairview

Population

374253

Median household income

$44,375$53,333

Median home value

$87,500$94,600

Median gross rent

$775$547

Worthington

Population

19494

Median household income

$28,819$35,625

Median home value

$100,000$76,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairview	Worthington
Under 5	2.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	9.9%	2.1%
18 to 24	9.9%	7.4%
25 to 34	11.5%	0.0%
35 to 44	8.3%	12.8%
45 to 54	8.3%	27.7%
55 to 64	8.3%	23.4%
65 to 74	24.5%	11.7%
75 and over	16.6%	14.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairview	Worthington
White (non-Hispanic)	92.9%	90.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.9%	7.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairview	Worthington
No high school diploma	8.2%	17.6%
High school graduate	56.1%	51.8%
Some college or associate's	18.4%	20.0%
Bachelor's degree	8.7%	10.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairview	Worthington
Drove alone	69.1%	75.6%
Carpooled	17.0%	24.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairview	Worthington
1-unit, detached	77.8%	94.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.8%	5.2%

Poverty & households

	Fairview	Worthington
Poverty rate	9.1%	16.3%
Average household size	2.22	1.96
Mean commute (minutes)	47	22
Median year structure built	1938	1943